But yesterday, the duo joined hands to capture Singapore's second gold medal in canoeing at the Hanoi SEA Games.
They were the fastest of six teams in the men's K2 1,000m final, crossing first in 3min 40.779sec at the Thuy Nguyen Hai Phong Aquatics Centre.
Indonesia's Irwan Irwan and Indra Hidayat took the silver in 3:45.266 while Htet Wai Lwin and Myint Ko Ko from Myanmar settled for the bronze narrowly behind in 3:45.499.
Ooi, 28, and Teo, 31, made their debut at the 2011 Games.
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